Recovery Act Takes Credit for More Than 1,800 Car Chargers Installed So Far

In brief: Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that to-date, more than 1,800 electric vehicle chargers have been installed thanks to Recovery Act money.

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The charging stations are part of an overall electric vehicle stimulus that's spent over $5 billion since 2009. The announcement was made by Secretary Chu at an event in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, attended by Coulomb Technologies founder and CTO Richard Lowenthal - Coulomb has received $15 million of the money and just installed its 500th station.

The Transportation Electrification Initiative, which received $400 million of Recovery Act money, has the goal of installing 22,000 charging stations nationally by December 2013.

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For those 22,000 charging points, the TEI's other goal is to put 13,000 electric vehicles on the road.

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